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On July 1 6, the Torrey Club and the Staten Island Asso- 

 ciation of Arts and Sciences were entertained by Dr. N. L. 

 Britton and his brother, Mr. R. H. Britton, at Great Kills, 

 Staten Island. The party, numbering over sixty, were taken in 

 motor-boats over to Crooke's Point where the flora was observed. 

 Dinner was served at a local hotel at which speeches were made 

 by Dr. Britton, Professor Harper, Dr. Rollick, Messrs. Cleaves 

 and F. D. Tansley, and others. In the afternoon further explora- 

 tion of the region was enjoyed by the party. 



According to a careful census just completed, the Botanic 

 Garden of Grinnell College, Iowa, with the adjacent nursery, 

 reports 494 distinct species and hybrids, mostly of hardy plants, 

 and 115 minor varieties and forms. The uncultivated part of 

 the garden contains probably 50 other native and naturalized 

 species. 



Dr. R. M. Harper is at work on a study of the geography and 

 vegetation of northern Florida. His address until September 

 first is Florida State Geological Survey, Talahassee, Fla. 



